A rare pair of West Pans miniature baskets, circa 1764-70
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A rare pair of West Pans miniature baskets, circa 1764-70
Oval with light exterior moulding of ozier diaper, the green rope-twist handles with floret and leaf terminals picked out in colours, well-painted with scattered flower sprays in Meissen style, the chestnut-brown line rims with slight traces of original cold gilding, 7cm wide (one broken and restuck) (2)
Sold for £1,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Miniature baskets of this form were made at Meissen and copied at Chelsea. No other West Pans examples appear to have been recorded.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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